बजे

बजे means o'clock. It follows the number of the hour and needs no postposition to mean at that hour: म सात बजे उठ्छु (I get up at seven), बस आठ बजे छुट्छ (the bus leaves at eight).

To ask at what time something happens, use कति बजे: तपाईं कति बजे अफिस जानुहुन्छ? (what time do you go to the office?).

To ask the time now, say अहिले कति बज्यो? (what time is it now?). The answer is the hour and बज्यो: अहिले तीन बज्यो (it is three o'clock now). Another common answer is तीन बजेको छ, which comes at a later level. बजे and बज्यो come from the same verb बज्नु, which means to ring or to strike.

At this level, write the hour in words: सात बजे, not a digit. Halves and quarters have their own words, which come in the next entry.

Do not add मा to say at that hour. The word already means at that hour. Other endings do join it: नौ बजेदेखि (from nine o'clock) and पाँच बजेसम्म (until five o'clock).